So, in case you didn't know.... counting your blessings
really does bring Miracles into your life. :) And this week was full of
blessings and miracles! Lemme tell ya:
He is the Gift
Amazing video, right? I can't help but cry when I
watch it! SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Now, go share it with someone, and then
come back to reading this. :)
On Tuesday, we were on exchanges, and I was here in
Kuna with Sister Arbarca (super awesome missionary). As part of our
day, we went to go help out Sister Ritter take some stuff out to her storage
shed, and, as it always goes when we go help her, we got a little
distracted. This time it was going over to visit her neighbor, Carol
Bader. She's this really nice, older lady who is recovering from
surgery. Well, we shared the "He is the Gift" video with her,
and she was really impressed! She wanted to watch more Bible
videos! So, we watched a couple more, and then she started talking about
how she had heard somewhere that there was a record about Jesus Christ coming
to the Americas! And, of course, we were all like, "Why yes, yes
there is. May we interest you in a Book of Mormon?" (except we
sounded a lot more professional), and she said yes!!! Ooh!
EXCITING!!!!! :D so we ordered her a large-print Book of Mormon that
afternoon.
Wednesday, we went and saw Karisma, and
taught her about going to church, praying, and reading her scriptures. We
were then able to set a baptism date for January 10! YAY! And then
the Woods invited us over for dinner, and we politely accepted.
So, Thanksgiving day.
We started with visiting the Ritters (again), and helping
them prepare their Thanksgiving dinner. It was tons of fun, since both of
her sons were home. So we also stopped by Carols' home to drop off the
Book of Mormon. We talked about the Book of Mormon, showing her where
Christ came to visit the Americas, who's in the chapter, how the record of the
Nephites started, and she was really excited about it all! And she
invited us back to teach her more about the Book of Mormon!!!
WHOOHOOO!!!!!!!! So, we're going to go back on Tuesday to finish the last
of the first lesson. :) I'm super excited! :D
After that, we ate with the Fishers in 10th ward around 1:00
PM (they're missionaries for the Bishops storehouse), and then we took separate
naps back at Sister Lawrences, and had pie in between the naps. And then
we had dinner with the Woods. Mmmm... :) They had ribs. Talk
about good. :) We had a lot of fun with the Woods. We love them. :)
Friday, we went to contact a referral, who asked for a....
Bible. Awkward, right? When we got the referral from Church
Headquarters, we were like ".... who goes to Mormon.org to ask for a
Bible? You can get those at the Dollar Store for crying out loud!" But,
we complied. We retrieved a Bible and went to contact this
referral. So, we knocked at his door and braced ourselves. Turns
out the man was trying to find a free Bible to download onto his tablet.
I'm not really sure how he sent in a mormon.org
referral, but oh well. Good story to tell. :)
Saturday, we had dinner with the Taylors. :) It was
nice and simple, just pizza and salad. But the pizza was super
good. They went to Nampa to get it. :) You know it's quality pizza
when you willingly go to another city to bring it back home to eat. :)
Anyways, after we ate we taught the Law of Chastity, which ended up being
a really good lesson.
And now we're to Sunday. Beautiful, Blessed, Sunday.
CHRIS TAYLOR MADE IT TO SACRAMENT MEETING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness, I'm so super excited!!!!!! We of course
pinned him down before he left Sacrament Meeting and talked to him. He
told us that he really wasn't planning on coming and did not feel up to it, but
after his wife left for church he just had a completely overwhelming feeling
that he needed to go, and he was glad he did go. :) And Sister Taylor was
really happy too. :) She came up to us and told us what a wonderful
surprise it was for her when her husband came and sat down by her. :) It
was really such a wonderful moment to see him walk into Sacrament meeting and
sit down by her. A complete and total blessing. It really is one of
the highlights of my mission, and I'm really grateful that I've had the
opportunity to help him take these steps to return back to church. :)
Anyways, that is it for this week. Needless to say,
this week has been full of blessings and miracles, and I cannot wait to see
what the rest of this Christmas season brings. :)
Oh, also, transfer calls are next week. I'm expecting
to leave Kuna. It'll be another miracle if I don't. :)
I love y'all! Keep the faith!
Love,
Sister Empey
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